Show HN: AI Agents the Unix Way – built with bash, curl, and jq

Category: library

Tags: ai-agents, unix-philosophy, llm-orchestration

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 5, Documentation: 6, Utility: 5)

llayer is a framework-free AI agent built with bash, curl, and jq, applying Unix philosophy to LLM orchestration via text pipes. It's interesting because it deconstructs agent state into simple append-only JSONL history and uses standard POSIX tools for debugging, replayability, and pipelining. This lightweight approach offers a fresh alternative to heavyweight agent frameworks.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/cloudkj/llayer · Shell · MIT

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